Gameday Thread, #114: 8/6 vs. Phillies

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By Jim McLennan@AZSnakepit Aug 6, 2019, 9:30pm EDT

Execution by electric chair. Kemmler, the first man executed by electric chair, Auburn Prison, USA, 6 August 1890. Alternating Current used: three surges were needed for the execution. Westinghouse apparatus used. From La Nature, Paris, 6 September 1890 .

August 6 - 1890: U.S. - William Kemmler became the first person to be executed by electric chair ~ put to death for murder in Auburn State Prison. history
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